Wist Co.

What Wist Co. does

Wist Co., Ltd. (株式会社ウイスト) is a privately held Japanese custom industrial machinery manufacturer founded in May 1994 and headquartered in Seikacho, Kyoto Prefecture, with a secondary operations office in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture. The company designs and builds made-to-order filling machines, bottle and container washing machines, cappers, corking machines, sealing equipment, labelers, robotic palletizing cells, and quality inspection systems primarily for cosmetics and toiletries, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and chemical manufacturers across Japan. Core technology centers on servo-driven high-precision piston filling, FANUC-integrated industrial and collaborative robotics, and the proprietary Pitch Maker (ピッチメーカー) conveyor architecture that enables tool-free product changeovers without replacing star wheels, screws, or holders between container formats. Additional proprietary technologies include WIST Easy Teaching (簡単ティーチング) for touch-panel robot programming by non-specialists, Fill Auto Teaching (充填オートティーチング) that completes high-speed follow-fill setup in approximately 30 seconds after entering bottle dimensions, the Magnetic Levitation Freely Moving Holder (磁気浮上式自在ホルダー) for stable handling of self-standing, non-self-standing, and high-center-of-gravity bottles such as mascara containers, and a holder-less high-speed rotational deaeration filling method on the WB-4+BF series that combines Pitch Maker and follow-fill functions for both liquid and high-viscosity products.

Wist's revenue model is project-based hardware sales of engineered-to-order equipment, with pricing determined by consultation based on container shape, product viscosity, line capacity, and integration scope rather than through a published tier. Revenue is supplemented by FANUC robot system integration services and by ongoing after-sales maintenance, repair, spare parts supply, and technical support that the company positions as a long-term customer relationship rather than a transactional service. The company runs a sales-led go-to-market motion in which technical sales personnel with industry-specific expertise engage enterprise manufacturers via inbound website consultation, direct field engagement, or trade show contact, supported by a trial rental program for the MPR-25 collaborative robot palletizer that reduces first-time robot adoption risk, by subsidy application assistance for Japanese government and Kyoto Prefecture automation grants, and by an informational blog covering industry columns, subsidy updates, and product news. Wist maintains an active exhibition calendar including INTERPHEX Week Tokyo and Osaka, PROPAK ASIA, PACK EXPO International, しまなみPACK, and Wellness Food Japan, and its product portfolio spans roughly twenty series across filling, washing, capping, cork insertion, labeling, marking, quality inspection, carton forming, parts feeding, and robotic palletizing categories.

Wist holds at least eight registered Japanese patents covering filling, capping, and container handling technology and operates as a registered FANUC Robot System Integrator (FANUC登録企業). Representative Director Katsuhiko Wada (和田 克彦) leads a company of approximately 40 employees including part-time staff as of July 2024, with registered capital of 10,000 thousand yen (10 million yen). Documented enterprise customers include Cosmetics Manufacturer A, Food Manufacturer B, Fruit Processor D, a Health Drink Manufacturer, a Cosmetics OEM Company, K Company (a pharmaceutical contract manufacturer), and S Company (a health food manufacturer), with outcomes including packaging line headcount reductions from roughly 10 workers to 1, changeover times cut from over 30 minutes to under 10 minutes, and per-person productivity gains. Wist received the FANUC ROBOT GLOBAL PARTNER OF THE YEAR 2025 Grand Award, the highest recognition FANUC issues to integrators globally.

Name

Wist Co.

Legal name

株式会社ウイスト

Website

https://wist.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wist Co. (株式会社ウイスト) is a Japanese custom industrial machinery manufacturer founded in 1994, building servo filling machines, cappers, washing equipment, labelers, and FANUC-integrated robotic automation for cosmetics, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and chemical manufacturers across Japan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Filling and Packaging Machinery

NAICS

Packaging Machinery Manufacturing (333993)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)

akta.pro primary industry

Filling & Dosing Machines (Liquid/Powder/Solid) (IMAHAOAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Capping, Sealing & Closing Machines (IMAHAOAG), End-of-Line Integration & Packaging Line Systems (IMAHAOAN), Bagging, Pouching & Sachet Packaging Equipment (IMAHAOAH)

Keywords

• Industrial filling machines
• Bottle capping equipment
• Container washing systems
• Collaborative robot palletizing
• Packaging automation machinery

Headquarters

HQ city

Kyoto

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Industrial Equipment Sales: Design, manufacture, and sale of custom filling machines, cappers, washing machines, sealers, labelers, robotic systems, and complete automation lines. The company produces made-to-order equipment tailored to each customer's container shapes, product viscosity, and production requirements.
2. FANUC Robot System Integration: Design and integration of FANUC robot systems as a registered FANUC Robot System Integrator, including collaborative robot palletizers (MPR-25) and other robotic automation solutions.
3. After-Sales Service and Maintenance: Ongoing maintenance, repair, spare parts supply, and technical support provided after equipment delivery as part of long-term customer relationships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Wist Co. designs, manufactures, and sells custom-made industrial filling machines, bottle washing machines, servo cappers, corking machines, sealers, labelers, and FANUC-integrated robotic automation systems (including the MPR-25 mobile collaborative robot palletizer and the Cell-B1 small-batch robot cell). The company provides made-to-order equipment tailored to each customer's container shapes, product viscosity, and production volume, supported by after-sales maintenance and government subsidy application assistance.

Product overview

Wist Co. (株式会社ウイスト) is a Japanese industrial automation company with 31 years of experience specializing in filling machines, bottle washing machines, cappers, corking machines, and automation equipment. The company operates as a FANUC registered enterprise and robot system integrator. Their product portfolio encompasses multiple specialized series including: WL and WS series washing machines for bottles, jars, and containers; WB, WR, WBSR, WP, and WPS series filling machines covering linear bottle filling, round type, washing and filling combined, pouch filling, and linear shuttle filling applications; SC series servo cappers; WD series corking machines; MPR-25 mobile collaborative robot palletizer; BR and QC series for quality control and marking; LGR and SPL series labeling equipment; CSR carton formers; MRF parts feeders; and Cell-B1 robot cell for small batch production. The company leverages FANUC robot systems, servo control technology, patented Pitch Maker technology, and easy teaching systems to deliver automation solutions across the packaging industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bottle Washing Machines (WL / WS series) Washing machine series for bottles, jars, and containers, including the WS industrial bottle washing line for cleaning and sanitization; used in cosmetics, food, and pharmaceutical packaging lines prior to filling.
• Linear Bottle Filling Machines (WB series) Linear bottle filling machines designed for high-speed filling operations, with documented capacity of up to 60-90 bottles/minute on the WB-8 model. Serve cosmetics, food, and pharmaceutical manufacturers with multi-product changeover needs.
• Compact Filling Cappers (WB-1FCjr) Compact filling capper for limited-space production environments; used by a health-drink manufacturer to insource bottling, stabilize cap tightening, eliminate liquid drips, reduce costs, and reduce line headcount.
• Spout Pouch Filling Cappers (WR-1FCjr) Spout pouch filling capper for pouch packaging applications; documented at 3-4x faster than manual labor and as part of a cosmetics OEM's total line at 10 bags/min for spout pouches.
• Round Container Filling Machines (WR series) Round-type filling machines for filling round containers of various sizes; work with the Pitch Maker bottle positioning system to enable tool-free product changeovers.
• Combined Washing-Filling Systems (WBSR series) Bottle washing and filling series combining washing and filling in one integrated system; used in cosmetics, food, and pharmaceutical production lines.
• Pouch Filling Machines (WP series) Pouch filling machines for flexible packaging applications; used as part of a cosmetics OEM total-support packaging line together with cappers, IJP printer, and weight checker.
• Linear Shuttle Filling Machines (WPS series) Linear shuttle filling machines for precision filling operations; documented with up to 40 bags/minute capacity on the WPS-2LS spout pouch system.
• Servo Cappers (SC series) Servo cappers providing automated capping solutions with servo control technology for precise cap torque and consistent sealing.
• Corking Machines (WD series) Corking machines for sealing bottles and containers with corks; for beverage, spirits, and similar packaging lines.
• Mobile Collaborative Robot Palletizer (MPR-25) Mobile collaborative robot palletizer for automated palletizing operations; integrates FANUC CRX collaborative robots and earned Wist the FANUC ROBOT GLOBAL PARTNER OF THE YEAR 2025 Grand Award. Available through the trial rental program to reduce adoption risk for first-time robot users.
• Quality Control Equipment (BR / QC series) BR series bottle mark matching devices for quality control and labeling alignment, and QC series quality checkers for automated inspection and quality verification; used for in-line and end-of-line inspection on packaging lines.
• Labeling Equipment (LGR / SPL series) LGR series labeler robots for automated labeling and SPL series labelers for various labeling requirements on packaging lines.
• Carton Formers (CSR series) Carton formers for automated carton packaging as part of end-of-line packaging operations.
• Parts Feeders (MRF series) Parts feeders for automated parts handling and orientation on Wist-designed automation lines.
• Robot Cell for Small-Batch Production (Cell-B1) Robot cell designed for small-batch production flexibility, integrating FANUC robots into a compact modular production unit.

Quantifiable outcome

• Per-person productivity increased dramatically, running costs reduced
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FANUC CorporationcoreTechnology or IntegrationWist Co. is a FANUC-registered Robot System Integrator (FANUC登録企業). The company designs and integrates FANUC robot systems including collaborative robots (CRX series) for palletizing, parts feeding, and production line automation. In 2025, Wist received FANUC ROBOT GLOBAL PARTNER OF THE YEAR Grand Award recognizing excellence in FANUC robot system integration. The partnership provides access to FANUC's industrial robot lineup including CRX-30iA collaborative robots and M-Series parallel link robots for incorporation into Wist's automation solutions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Krones AG: German global incumbent in filling and packaging technology for the beverage, food, and dairy industries. Comparable core technology in liquid filling, capping, and labeling systems, but serves much higher-volume FMCG customers with standardized, large-scale machinery rather than Wist's small-batch, custom-built niche.
• Coesia Group: Italian industrial group with multiple packaging machinery brands (e.g., GDM, ACMA, Volpak) supplying filling, capping, and packaging lines for personal care, food, and pharma. Comparable technology overlap in pouch, bottle, and stick-pack filling, though typically at higher throughput and broader scale than Wist.
• Syntegon (formerly Bosch Packaging Technology): German packaging machinery manufacturer serving food, pharma, and cosmetics with filling, processing, and inspection equipment. Directly comparable in liquid and viscous product filling plus capping and inspection, but with a much larger global footprint and broader product portfolio.

Direct peers

• IMA Group: Italian global leader in automatic machinery for processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food, and tea. Directly comparable as a specialist supplier of filling, capping, and end-of-line packaging equipment for the same cosmetics/food/pharma verticals as Wist, only at much larger scale.
• ProMach: US-based packaging machinery integrator offering filling, capping, labeling, and end-of-line solutions across food, beverage, pharma, and personal care. Closely comparable business model of bundling multiple packaging technologies into customer-specific production lines, though with far broader geographic and product reach.
• Marchesini Group: Italian manufacturer of packaging machinery for pharmaceutical and cosmetics end-markets, including filling, capping, labeling, and end-of-line equipment. Closely comparable customer overlap (cosmetics, pharma) and product scope (filling/capping lines), though focused on larger pharmaceutical OEMs.
• OPTIMA Packaging Group: German specialist in filling and packaging machinery for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and consumer goods. Comparable in handling complex container formats and high-viscosity products with custom-engineered lines, serving many of the same cosmetics and pharma contract manufacturers as Wist.

Regional players

• Hosokawa Micron Group: Japanese-headquartered manufacturer of powder and particle processing, filling, and packaging equipment, with strong presence in food, chemical, and pharmaceutical markets. Comparable as a Japan-rooted specialist in custom filling/packaging machinery for similar end markets.
• Freund Corporation: Japanese manufacturer of packaging machinery, granulation equipment, and pharmaceutical/cosmetics processing systems. Comparable as a Japan-based specialist serving pharma and cosmetics manufacturers with filling, granulating, and packaging equipment.
• Shibuya Corporation: Japanese packaging machinery manufacturer producing bottling, aseptic filling, and packaging equipment for beverages, food, and pharmaceuticals. Comparable technology base and domestic Japanese customer overlap, though focused on higher-speed beverage lines rather than Wist's small-batch specialty.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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